419 scam: "Mr Walter Great"<mar114@mar114.com> Hello Good Friend

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Walter Great" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrwaltergreat17@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 06:46:06 -0800
Subject: Hello Good Friend

Hello Good Friend,

I work in an oil company as a Director of contract awarding

department.There's an accrued "INTEREST" the total sum of (US$9,800,000.00) floating in a suspense

account which was generated from a contract we awarded to one of our foreign contractor some

years ago. And i have been mandated by the management as the head of my

department to pay these money to the contractor but i just discovered that

the contractor died last two year 2015.

I want to front you as the next of kin to the late contractor so that you

can receive these accrued interest money for both of us to share it at an

agreed mutual ratio of 50% - 50% to both parties. And i am willing to

invest my own share into any profitable business in your country as you

may advise me.

Note that this project is 100% free from scam and risk as i will use my

position to put all the paper work in proper shape.Upon your response i

shall furnish you with more details.

Thanks and God bless,please get back to me Asap.

Engr. Walter Great.

Send your reply to : waltergreat17@yahoo.com

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